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In Louisiana, before a worker is found to be permanently and totally disabled, it must be determined whether there is reasonable probability that the worker can be rehabilitated so he can achieve suitable gainful employment.

In Tennessee, an employer is liable for a preexisting condition aggravated by a work-related injury.

In North Carolina, a worker is not barred from receiving compensation for an injury proximately caused by intoxication when the alcohol was supplied by the employer.

In Illinois, a worker can be entitled to workers' compensation for injuries sustained in a car accident if she was on a work-related trip to a store.

In Texas, a worker is entitled to receive supplemental income benefits if he has an impairment rating of 15 percent or greater.

In Indiana, unexplained falls are the result of a neutral risk and are therefore compensable.

In Florida, substance abuse rehabilitation can be authorized for a worker where there is no preexisting drug dependency issue until the worker begins receiving narcotic medication in treatment of chronic pain for her industrial injuries.

In Wyoming, under the second compensable injury rule, a subsequent injury or condition is compensable only if it is causally related to the initial compensable injury.

In Pennsylvania, an employee who reports to the employer's office every morning but regularly leaves to attend appointments in a company car can be considered a traveling employee.

In Louisiana, a worker's exclusive remedy for workplace injuries is workers' compensation unless the injuries are the result of an intentional act.

In Oklahoma, a worker who tested positive for illegal drugs after a work accident can be entitled to benefits if he shows that the substance use was not the major cause of his injury.

In New York, to establish a claim for work-related stress, the worker must show that the stress he experienced was greater than that which other similarly situated workers experienced in the normal work environment.

In Louisiana, the fact that a worker failed to tell his doctor that his complaint was work-related is not a false statement made for the purpose of obtaining benefits.

In Nebraska, the two-year statute of limitations is tolled when a worker suffers a latent and progressive injury.

In Ohio, traveling employees who lack a fixed work site are continuously in the course of employment while driving.

In Louisiana, a worker's heart-related injury is compensable if the physical work stress went beyond what was usual, regular, or customary in relation to the average employee in the occupation. The requirement does not mean that the job duty being performed is outside the worker's job restriction.

In Kentucky, when an injured worker is unable to perform work for which she has previous training or experience, she is entitled to vocational rehabilitation services as reasonably necessary to restore her to suitable employment.

In Iowa, a workers' compensation commissioner can consider a worker's limited knowledge of English as a factor that contributes to his inability to find employment.

In Georgia, the distinguishing feature that will characterize a disability as a change of condition or a new accident is the intervention of new circumstances.

In North Carolina, if a worker is injured on premises controlled by the employer on a lunch break the circumstances are within the course of employment.